Alyssa and Alaina were both killed in the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Petty said he wants to "represent parents all over the district who deserve to have their children come home to them every afternoon".

They're also calling for transparency and accountability.

"I had no idea the impact school board has on children and safety", Petty said.

That includes questions about the district's controversial discipline program, PROMISE.

"We just need to fix the execution and implementation problems that plague the district", Petty said.

When discussing Cruz's participation in the PROMISE program, Alhadeff made it clear that the school district was not being transparent.

Petty said he and Alhadeff helped pass state laws strengthening gun control in the months after the shooting, but said "there's a lot more to do". "Otherwise, are they hiding something?" "I'm still not satisfied with the answers to the questions I asked back then".

Alhadeff is running for District 4 and Petty filed for candidacy for the at-large seat, District 8. Freedman couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday.

Petty is a telecom, media and technology entrepreneur who previously served as vice president of product development and innovation at ADT. Korn also has a third challenger, 19-year-old activist Elijah Manley.

But she and Petty do not favor firing Runcie.

"I actually love the Democratic process", she said. "And the only way I'm going to do that is if I get on the school board to make those decisions and make those changes".

Alhadeff and Petty are being endorsed by a group of Parkland parents called Concerned Citizens of Broward County.

The parents of two Parkland shooting victims are taking their fight to the school district board in an attempt to see that changes are effectively implemented.

Both were scheduled to officially announce their candidacies on Tuesday.

Hence, the Kingdom and other Muslim nations in the Middle East declared Ramadan would not begin on Wednesday but on Thursday. Some Muslim Americans say their work day seems longer because they have to carry out their religious duties during Ramadan .

Soon-to-be Duchess Meghan Markle has been consistently grabbing headlines for her royal duties and her new role post marriage. Separate photos also emerged of Mr Markle being measured for a wedding suit and also exercising in a park.

Casey also sported almost $10 million in campaign funds late last month as opposed to Barletta's $1.3 million, the network added. And Muhlenberg College poll found Casey had a 16-percentage-point edge over Barletta in a hypothetical matchup, CNBC said .

A day after a tough 4-2 loss on home ice, the Jets were keeping it light as they arrived on the Las Vegas strip. But that still can't compete with a Canadian team still in contention for a Stanley Cup.

But back in 2014, I put everything I had into what many said was a insane , "un-winnable" write-in campaign for the state senate. Wolf, 69, has a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The parents of a seriously ill little boy from Liverpool are fighting a court ruling allowing medics to withdraw his life support. He died shortly before what would have been his second birthday after being treated for a degenerative brain disease.

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